Orange Street bike path delayed due to "legacy" problems

(June 1, 2017) Cobblestone streets, houses with white trim and gray shingles and unexpected fog as thick as soup are just a few of the things Nantucket is well known for.

Now you can add utility poles in the middle of bike paths to that list.

The months-long $3 million first phase of the in-town bike path project on Orange Street is slowly plugging along, with the first coat of paving complete.

The only problem is, the old utility poles are still in place in the bike lane and are not going to be removed until mid-July at the earliest.

“Right now, Verizon is working to switch over the fiber optics from the existing poles to the new poles,” said Department of Public works director Rob McNeil, who has been on the job for just over a month.

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